Your lawyer in Germany
Horwath & Meier Lawfirm
We advise clients from all over the world on contractual matters and on the enforcement of their rights in Germany.
Your legal advisor in Germany
We are a business law firm in Germany with a strict focus on legal advice to foreign clients.
Our German lawyers service clients from all over the world in negotiating and drafting contracts with German business partners. We enforce our clients‘ rights in and out of court in Germany and defend them when they are sued in a German court.
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Practice areas
The main practice areas of our German lawyers are German commercial law, German corporate law and the representation of clients who are not domiciled or resident in Germany before German courts (litigation).
Our Technology
Maintain control over all contractual or litigation processes in your German subsidiary. Smooth exchange of information, control, transparency. We know the needs of our foreign clients. We have created a technical infrastructure that overcomes distance and creates transparency. This allows you to develop economic activities in Germany and retain control over all company-relevant processes.
Litigation Desk
Our Litigation Desk provides you with an overview of all procedural steps and information in your court case.
Management cockpit
Contract lifecycle Management
Our contract lifecycle management ensures transparent processes and efficient control in all contract phases.
Our management cockpit provides you with contractual information for better management decisions and renegotiations.
Litigation Desk
Our Litigation Desk provides you with an overview of all procedural steps and information in your court case.
Contract lifecyle management
Our contract lifecycle management ensures transparent processes, efficient control of your subsidiary in all contract phases.
Management Cockpit
Our management cockpit provides you with contractual information for a better information situation for management decisions and renegotiations.
Reading Room
Fictitious acceptance due to default in acceptance
Acceptance of the finished work is the main obligation of the customer who has commissioned the work from the contractor. It is however not uncommon for disputes
Prohibition of set-off in general terms and conditions invalid
Occasionally it happens that the purchaser of a service has claims for payment against the service provider. For example, claims for damages that have arisen as a
Current judgements in capital investment law
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) again had to decide on liability issues in the area of capital investment law in 2021 and was able to further
Consumer loan law is applicable to an accession of a debt
The Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has confirmed its previous case law according to which consumer loan law applies accordingly to the accession of a debt with regard
Current court rulings in building law
In 2021, there were again building law judgments from a number of higher regional courts, which revolved around disputes about the remuneration for construction work. Entitlement to
In the case of defective properties, the time at which the purchase contract is concluded is decisive
The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) had to decide in a case which was based on the purchase of built-up land, whether verifiably false information from the